Go back in time and be a chaebol

Chapter 284 Opening the door to the future (first update, please subscribe)

Although it is the custom for every Sarawak king to accept the allegiance of tribal leaders, for Li Nian, the reason why he came to Kuching was not for those tribes.

And for another thing, inspect the progress of industrial construction in Kuching. According to Borneo’s long-term plan, Kuching is the urban center in the west. Therefore, a large number of industrial projects are also planned.

However, in terms of industrial planning, Kuching and Sandakan are completely different. In addition to petrochemical plants and chemical plants that rely on local oil resources, there are also some local specialty enterprises.

Nanhai Communications Industry Company is one of them. It not only produces electron tubes, but also electronic products including radios and televisions. All production equipment is dismantled from Germany. In fact, German television technology was leading before the war. , as early as during the Berlin Olympics, TV sets were placed on the streets to broadcast the games. After the war broke out, related manufacturing companies switched to producing radar displays.

"Is this the TV we made?"

In the company's product room, Li Yian saw a TV.

The TV in front of him was different from the cabinet-sized TVs he saw in the United States, but with a book-sized screen. This TV was the TV he longed for.

In fact, the prototype of this TV was provided by Li Yi'an. The model in the mall is Motorola's Golden View TV.

The wooden casing and nine-inch display look very quaint, but it led an era. Golden View was the first TV set launched by Motorola, priced at US$179. It was very popular as soon as it was launched, and the TV buying craze spread from cities to rural areas.

It is also driven by it that the number of TV sets sold in the United States reaches 10 units a week and millions of units sold a year, and almost a quarter of them are this humble little thing. , definitely a bestseller among bestsellers.

"Mr. Li, now we have achieved self-production of picture tube materials. According to engineers' calculations, we can produce 9 2000-inch picture tubes and 12 11000-inch picture tubes every month. Our current production capacity is 14 televisions. , Of course, this is subject to the supply of electron tubes and other parts. In addition, the laboratory is currently studying -inch picture tubes."

As the factory supervisor, Hedrick was responsible for the production and management of this factory when he was in Germany. During the demolition process of the search team, he cooperated with the work throughout the process. It was at his suggestion that the search team hired 100 people. With many engineers and skilled technicians, the construction and production of the factory has been accelerated a lot with these technical forces.

While listening to the report, Li Yian turned on the TV. Unlike later generations of TVs that could be watched as soon as they were turned on, after the tube TV was turned on, it needed to warm up for a while before large snowflakes appeared on the display.

Looking at the familiar black and white snowflakes, Li Yian asked.

“Did we build the broadcast equipment?”

"There is broadcast equipment for testing, but it's just facing the viewing platform."

"It's okay. Turn on the broadcast equipment. I want to see its clarity."

Soon, the picture came out from the TV. Although it was just a test stage with flowers, fruits and a record player, you could still intuitively feel its clarity.

"The clarity is still a bit poor. Let's improve it later. Let's try the effect first and play the record player."

Soon, as the record player on the screen rotated, the sound of music came from the TV.

Listening to the symphony coming from the TV, Li Yian had a smile on his face, but after a while, he could hear that the sound was somewhat distorted.

"We have to continue to improve!"

Li Yian said with a slight sigh.

"The output is not important now. What is important is the quality. We still need to make the display clearer. In the future, this will be our flagship product for export."

Don’t underestimate the television. To a certain extent, the television can even be said to be the greatest invention of the 20th century. Through television, people saw the world intuitively for the first time.

Through TV news, people can understand what is happening in the world in real time, and through TV programs, people can appreciate everything in the world.

Also through television, various products enter people's lives through advertisements.

Television has changed everyone’s life!

For something like a TV, the most important thing is quality, and the same goes for other products.

After all, quality is life.

Li Yian asked specifically.

"What is our TV failure rate? Have we been tested?"

"Testing is ongoing. So far, it has passed the 300-hour continuous playback test, and the testing is still in progress."

"The failure rate must be reduced. The failure rate is the biggest factor affecting the sales of household appliances, and quality is the life of household appliances."

The reason why Li Yian mentioned the failure rate is because TV technology is backward, and many TV sets produced by Soviet factories tend to break at least once in the first six months of use. This was just the era of black and white TVs. In the era of color TVs, malfunctions have directly turned into explosions. Every year, TV explosions cause tens of thousands of fires and cause thousands of deaths and injuries. Even the Soviet Russians themselves believe that its threat is comparable to Kalashnikov and should be given to the enemies of Soviet Russia. It is precisely because of such poor quality that Japanese and Korean home appliances immediately swept the Russian and Eastern European markets after the country opened. In just a few years, the Soviet-Russian color TV industry, with an annual output of millions of units, was on the verge of extinction. There was no way, who could It's impossible to wear a bulletproof vest and watch TV every day.

Quality is not only the life of household appliances, but also the life of other products. Of course, Li Yi'an, who once lived in the era of big copycats, is deeply touched by this.

Hedrick and others naturally knew the importance of quality. After expressing their agreement, Hedrick added.

"Sir, since our TV has started testing and will be put on the market soon, but it doesn't have a suitable brand yet, sir, if you can name it, I think it will be for the entire company. pleasure!"

Who says Germans can't suck up?

What does it mean to flatter someone in silence? Isn’t this just flattering someone in silence?

Naming something like this is definitely better than writing a title. What Li Yi'an is most afraid of is the title. His handwriting... was at a lower-middle level when he was in college, but after working, it became a lower-low level.

If you use it too little, you will lose your power.

name……

With what name?

Almost subconsciously, Li Yian thought of Changhong. After all, Changhong TV carries the memories of his childhood.

However, after reciting it silently twice in English, Li Yian rejected the idea. After all, TV production must be sold to overseas markets, and even in the early days, it was completely dependent on overseas markets. In this case, a catchy English name is necessary.

What about Skyworth?

Not at all.

Suddenly, Li Yian thought of another more familiar brand and said.

"TCL! Yes, let's call it TCL!"

"what?"

Hedrick said in surprise.

"Does it have any special meaning?"

"It's "The Creative Life" in English, which means "Creativity touches life." Well, that's the name. Let me think about it..."

Li Yian said when he thought of the company's current name.

"I think the company should be called TCL. There is no need for a auxiliary name such as the communications industry. In the future, we will develop globally and create things that are not available in the world. We don't have to be limited to communications and electronics. We will develop in the future. After you get up, in addition to electrical products, you can also do other businesses. Only in this way can you interpret the creed of "creativity touches life"!"

"The Creative Life!"

Hedrick nodded and said.

"TCL is indeed a very good name. Thank you, Mr. Li, for naming it. I think TCL will never let you down."

"I believe too."

Li Yian patted the TV in front of him and continued;

"Television is just the beginning of everything. Soon, we will sell our products all over the world through television."

Yes, television will also be a booster for Borneo products to go global.

As a time traveler, Li Yi'an knows better than anyone else how TV sets drive consumption? How consumerism was born.

All he needs is to firmly seize this opportunity before others realize the widespread role of television, and then use television to serve himself.

Although Hedrick and the others did not understand all of this, it did not prevent them from imagining that future.

(End of this chapter)